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Chapter 193: The Huanggutun Incident (Previously Discussed), The Three Fates of the Micro-Management Master (5k)

The next day.

The Polaris website was updated with an announcement regarding the "Age of Awakening" DLC and the release date of the large-scale dungeon.

Other game announcements were also updated at the same time.

Last night, after Zhao Ming finished the "Four Crossings of the Chishui River" dungeon, he also tidied up the other games.

The "Huaxia" historical game series, specifically the "Han Dynasty" version, is already halfway through.

The fastest player has already reached the era of Emperor Guangwu (Liu Xiu).

He simply became a strategist under Wang Mang, and used his knowledge of Earth to provide Wang Mang with many modern creations that were easy to manufacture.

Things like gunpowder with a golden ratio, catapults, and simple landmines.

They planned to use these to fight a decisive battle against Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan at Kunyang, as for the outcome...
There's probably not much of a suspense.

Zhao Ming has also scheduled the release of the next version, "Sui and Tang Dynasties," for early next month.

Next up is the World War II series.

This is currently the most stable one, and many people are focusing on the liberation of the entire country in the "Republic," but this is calculated from the start of World War II.

So at this point, the earliest it could go was 1946, before the various battles that followed had even begun.

The World War I series features a free mode where players can freely choose their profession after the end of World War I, if they survive to 1939.

You can then select character inheritance through the Polaris official website, allowing you to continue using the storyline and characters you carried over from World War I in the [World War II] game.

This news excited many players.

After all, no matter how World War II started, everyone was still in the same boat, and development was too slow.

However, if we start from the development of World War I...
Over twenty years later, by the time of World War II, he would have been at least a high-ranking official in the Empire or Federation.
This is an update announcement.

This has led to a surge of 'WWII veterans' into World War I: Twilight of the Empire,' a game with the fewest online players.

morning.

TianSha Live Streaming Platform.

Fang Ming's live stream had just started:
Good morning, guys.

The popularity in the live stream room continued to rise, but it only lasted a short while before stabilizing at tens of thousands of views.

This is a far cry from the previous hundreds of thousands of views.

The main problem is that Fang Ming is live-streaming the ocean every day, so there's not much to watch. But there's nothing Fang Ming can do about it; he just had a brain fart back then.

However, Fang Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief today and said to the viewers in the live stream:

"victory is in sight!"

"We'll arrive at the port in half an hour!"

"Liberation is just around the corner."

As players triggered more and more events, Fang Ming became increasingly anxious, scratching his head in frustration. They had truly fallen into a trap.

Who knew the players were exploring so quickly? He was still at sea buying weapons for Zhang Zuolin.

Other streamers are getting gold story cards, gold-colored story cards, and triggering various key battle events, resulting in one streamer after another experiencing explosive popularity.

Unfortunately, Fang Ming had nothing to do with it.

After all, what's there to see while it's floating on the sea?
If this continues...

All the major events on the timeline of the Republic have already been triggered, so there's nothing left for him to do.

Thinking of this, Fang Ming couldn't help but slap himself in the face.

Why associate with Zhang Zuolin?

They were all eliminated later; warlords were a product of obsolescence.

Although it had some initial buzz.

But now it's all ruined, nobody watches it anymore, everyone's following the storylines of the Red Army and Nanjing.

Fang Ming also wanted to start over, but he had invested too much during this period.

We've been spending so much time transporting weapons since the server launched, it wouldn't be right to give up now.

We can only transport this batch of weapons to the local area first.

Moreover, looking at other streamers now, Fang Ming felt like a fool. They started by choosing to be arms dealers, donating all their millions in assets to get official positions and titles.

He's actually involved in the arms trade?
Fortunately, there is finally a glimmer of hope. This time, he has staked everything he has on it.

When he returned to Europe, Fang Ming saw other streamers triggering story cards one after another, and he felt something was wrong, so he simply went all in on his more than ten million yuan in assets.

They bought all of it as weapons.

Looking back now, it was definitely the right choice.

If he were to go and transport weapons again, he'd be completely out of his mind.

Not long after.

Fang Ming arrived at the port, and just like last time, Zhang Zuolin sent people to escort him onto the train.

Moreover, according to the adjutant, Zhang Zuolin originally intended to come in person this time.

However, those Japanese have been coming to collect debts for the past few days, squatting at the door and refusing to leave, so the handsome man really has no way to come out.

Otherwise, we could have come together to pick him up.

This made Fang Ming feel a bit better. At least his efforts hadn't been in vain. Even though he couldn't come, his intentions were there.

Unfortunately, Zhang Zuolin died too young.

Otherwise, with this connection, if they had managed to cultivate the storyline properly for a few years, they might have become a huge hit later on.

I just don't know how Old Zhang died.

We need to have him see a doctor to check if he has any illness.

As far as we know, Zhang Xueliang came to power in 1928, but no one really investigates how Zhang Zuolin died, since they were both warlords.

The storyline changes almost daily, and some characters even occupy several towns and declare themselves warlords, making it too much trouble for players to collect this information.

After Fang Ming got on the train, he put the game on hold.

While watching the live stream chat, I opened the official website of Polestar:

"Let me see the new announcement."

"These games have all been updated?"

"【Awakening Era】. Holy crap? 【Crossing the Chishui River Four Times】Real-time Online Dungeon?"

"Single storyline, available for a limited time."

"Each person can only participate once, and the experience will be open three times in total, once a day during the three-day holiday."

"The first time will be a live broadcast across the entire network at 8 pm on the 1st, and all players can participate."

"hiss--"

"This is a bit mysterious."

"Ok?"

"Has the [Republic] timeline been updated?"

While browsing through the announcements on the Polaris website, Fang Ming suddenly noticed the timeline update mentioned below.

I quickly opened the [Republic] timeline.

What comes into view is the original time, which is of various sizes, arranged in order, but with many more detailed time entries added compared to the original.

For example, in 1928, besides Zhang Xueliang's "changing the flag" incident.

The preceding events include the Jinggangshan Meeting, the Huanggutun Incident, and the Pingjiang Uprising.

Fang Ming clicked on the [Meeting at Jinggang Mountain] card, and what came into view was a card that had already been lit up. Judging from the description, it was clear that a player had triggered this event.

Therefore, the story synopsis and CG of the "Meeting at Jinggang Mountain" will be updated synchronously on the "Republic" timeline.

Fang Ming then moved on to the next topic: the Huanggutun Incident.

He was quite familiar with Huanggutun, which is located in Fengtian.

Completely unexpected, Fang Ming was still pondering what the event was about and how to trigger it before clicking on it.

The moment he opened it, his lips twitched.

The Huanggutun Incident

On June 4, 1928, the Japanese Kwantung Army bombed Zhang Zuolin's special train at Huanggutun, causing his death from serious injuries.

Just one sentence left Fang Ming speechless.

It seems Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese. Even if he owed 1 billion yen and hadn't paid it back for over a decade, it shouldn't have come to this.

Uh... no, that's not right.

Fang Ming suddenly realized something and quickly searched for information, only to find that the timelines were different.

The Japanese yen was worth much more during this period than it was after World War II.

10 billion yen is now equivalent to more than 4 million US dollars in the 'United States of America'. It's no wonder the Japanese wanted to kill him for owing so much money.

Fang Ming shook his head, and a skip button popped up in the game.

Fang Ming clicked to skip the plot.

The scene outside the window flashed by, and we had already entered the Fengtian realm, with the scenery outside the window rushing past.

Fang Ming stretched and yawned:
"Bros."

"We're almost at Huanggu Village; we'll be there soon after we pass through it."

boom--! ! !
A deafening roar.

A deafening explosion suddenly rang out, and the entire carriage was instantly overturned.

Fang Ming felt dizzy and was thrown into the air by a huge shockwave. The live broadcast screen shook violently and finally went dark.

The continuous explosions continued, and the entire train carrying munitions was overturned.

far away.

Several Japanese spies stood on the hillside, coldly observing the meticulously planned explosion. The leader let out a sinister laugh:
"Damn Zhang Zuolin, how dare he default on our loan."

"Doesn't it hurt to see him lose tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons this time?"

The words fell.

The other Japanese spies also wore smiles.

Finally, I got my revenge.

At this time.

One of them suddenly thought of something, and his expression gradually stiffened:

"Is it possible that those tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons were paid for with our money?"

The air was suddenly quiet.

The spies exchanged glances, their smiles gradually fading.

The Japanese spies around him fell silent.

The lead spy waved his hand, gritting his teeth as he said:
"Baka! This is Zhang Zuolin's own money, of course!"

"Our money."

It was all squandered by that damned Zhang Zuolin long ago!
Clearly, while individual players cannot influence the overall situation, they can still have a slight impact, such as the "Huanggutun Incident" that did not originally exist.

What they don't know is that.

The money used to purchase this batch of weapons was neither their money nor Zhang Zuolin's money.
at this time.

Fang Ming, still looking completely bewildered in the live stream:
"No?" "What the hell is going on?!"

"I was blown up?"

"Didn't the Japanese bomb Zhang Zuolin? What does that have to do with me?!"

"Holy shit!!!"

bang bang bang --

Fang Ming was so angry that he almost jumped out of the virtual reality pod and pounded on it with his fist.

I've been running maritime transport in the game for more than half a year!

Half a year!

He just got blown up like that?!

He was even planning to trigger a plot point!

Now everything is gone!

You damn Japanese, I'll f*** you!

Bang bang bang——!
Another barrage of blows followed, leaving Fang Ming panting heavily with anger.

If I had known it would end like this, I would have started over long ago. After running for months, I was just about to come back and was thinking of triggering some plot points.

He got fucking blown up?!
Wasn't Huanggutun the place where Zhang Zuolin was bombed?!

You fucking blast me to death?!
Bang bang bang——!
The live stream suddenly went dark.

The viewers who were still watching were completely bewildered.

Did they smash the virtual pod to pieces? Holy crap!

Whether the live stream was broken or not, viewers didn't know, but it did make it to the trending topics.

Even though Fang Ming wasn't broadcasting, there were still quite a few people watching his live stream.

Waiting for the streamer to come online so we can watch the fun.

the other side.

The announcement on the Polaris official website also caught the attention of many players.

Besides pursuing those that trigger various plot points.

The timeline for the [Republic] has also added many battle events involving the Red Team.

Events such as the Battle of Longgang, the Great Victory of Zunyi, the Clever Crossing of the Jinsha River, and the Seizure of the Luding Bridge.

Some of these battles took place before the Four Crossings of the Chishui River, while others took place afterward.

By examining the locations of these events, the Blue Star players also discovered some information, because judging from the circumstances of these battles, it was clear that the original base had been abandoned.

It seems that this 'first counter-encirclement and suppression' success is only just beginning.

There are still many tough battles ahead.

And immediately after.

Not long after, in the game between Qiao Bo and Chu Yao...

This triggered the 'Second Encirclement/Counter-Encirclement' operation, and the speed at which it was triggered surprised even the netizens on Earth.

After all, looking at the time in the game, only three or four months have passed.

Then the second wave of battle began.

Inside Chu Yao's live stream.

Because the storyline was half a day ahead of Qiao Bo's side, they received the news first.

At this moment, Chu Yao had just come out of the conference room and returned to his room, where he was sharing news with his viewers on the live stream:

"Brothers, the news has come down."

"Two o'clock."

"First of all, Nanjing has sent additional troops this time."

"The number has increased from over 10 last time to 20 this time."

"Secondly, the commander has changed."

"The original commander of the 'Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force in Nanchang' was replaced by He Yingqin, the principal of Whampoa Military Academy."

"This He Yingqin is no ordinary person either."

"In terms of official rank, this person is now the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China."

"His position is comparable to that of MacArthur in the U.S. federal government, but we don't know about his specific abilities."

"After all, the red team has a lot of big shots, and even Principal Huangpu got beaten up."

"I wonder if his substitution will work."

As soon as he finished speaking, the live stream chat was filled with question marks:
【? ? ? ? 】

[Holy crap! 20 troops? Is that really necessary? The red team only has around 3!]

[Is He Yingqin the same as the MacArthur of the Republic of China?]

How should I put this metaphor?

[Hilarious! If they can't beat someone, they just switch to another one. Isn't that just cheating and using a rotation strategy?]

[Suggested title for the live stream: "Regarding the Republic of China's Minister of National Defense personally engaging in guerrilla warfare"]

[The market is open! The market is open! Let's bet on how many days He Yingqin can hold out before being surrounded!]

【No? You guys are underestimating us, aren't you? You're assuming the blue team is bound to lose before the game even starts?】

Are you betting on the blue team?

【I'd definitely bet on the red side.】

【Pooh!!!】

Through Chu Yao's explanation, the viewers on Blue Star in the live stream also understood.

Judging from this, He Yingqin's rank is indeed very high.

This was the level of the Minister of National Defense during the Republic of China era.

In any country or federation, this would be considered a high-ranking position.

However, most of the viewers in the live stream were still on the red team.

Chu Yao was speaking.

Sudden.

The barrage of comments in the live broadcast room floated by.

[Quick, check next door! Someone has triggered the third counter-encirclement!]

Not only were the viewers in the live stream confused, but Chu Yao was also bewildered.

the third time?
Good grief, there's a third time?!

Chu Yao and the viewers in the live stream followed the prompts in the chat and went there.

As soon as you enter the live broadcast room.

The streamer, who is a soldier on the red team, is currently preparing to move according to orders.

In the live stream, host Liu Xu shared news from his side:
"The troops are currently preparing to transfer."

"Because we just received news that Nanjing has sent 30 troops to encircle and suppress us."

"It was personally directed by the principal of Whampoa Military Academy."

"I don't have much information here. If there are any blue team players or streamers who triggered the third time, remember to DM me and let's do a joint broadcast."

Obviously.

Liu Xu is also preparing to follow the example of Chu Yao and Qiao Bo, and conduct a joint live broadcast of the 'Third Encirclement/Counter-Encirclement'.

In the live broadcast room.

Chu Yao didn't seem to feel anything when he saw Liu Xu's words.

After all, there's no conflict.

This is his 'second time,' while Liu Xu's is his 'third time.'

I just glanced at the time displayed in Liu Xu's live stream.

Chu Yao switched back to his own live stream and was somewhat speechless:

"Good guy."

"The first 'encirclement and suppression' campaign ended in January 1931."

"As a result, the second 'encirclement and suppression' campaign began in April 1931."

“That was the third ‘encirclement and suppression’ in Liu Xu’s live broadcast room. I think the date was July 1931.”

"The first time, 10; the second time, 20; the third time, 30."

"no?!"

"Isn't this a bit outrageous? So many people can't handle more than 3 people!"

"This is just vegetables, isn't it?!"

To the end.

Chu Yao couldn't help but shout.

Since a third attempt was launched, it means that the second attempt also failed.

An army of 10 couldn't defeat an army of 4.

They lost a battle with an army of 20 against an army of just over 3.

The situation with the 30-strong army is unknown. However, based on the operations during the Liaoshen Campaign and the first encirclement campaign...

It is estimated that the Red Team will once again achieve a victory in the "counter-encirclement and suppression" campaign.

Chu Yao found it increasingly absurd the more he thought about it:
"No."

"I'll take a look."

talking.

Let's switch back to the live stream we were just watching.

At this moment, Liu Xu was helping his fellow villagers pack up their things.

Seeing the Red Army troops, who still remembered their fellow villagers even as a major battle was imminent, Chu Yao could only feel admiration.

After everything was packed up, the troops set off.

The villagers tried to shove various things at him, but he stopped them all. At this moment, Liu Xu explained the battle plan.

It's still the strategy of 'luring the enemy deep into our territory'.

Now, not only Chu Yao was confused, but all the Blue Star players who knew about the 'First Encirclement/Counter-Encirclement' storyline were also confused.

Because this is the tactic used by the Red Team during the 'First Encirclement/Counter-Encirclement' scenario.

If I remember correctly.

The Red Team's order at the time was to "lure the enemy deep into our territory, exhaust them, and then annihilate them."

Then there was the 18th Division, which was completely annihilated.

The second encirclement/counter-encirclement campaign has not yet begun, and Chu Yao and the Blue Star players do not yet know the specifics.

However, the "Third Encirclement/Counter-Encirclement" campaign also used the tactic of luring the enemy deep into enemy territory.
No?

Does the blue team really keep making the same mistake over and over again?
(End of this chapter)